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How to write an assessment or review

How to write an assessment or review

by Margot Lester | Writing/How to Write

Writing performance reviews and self-assessments can be intimidating. But I've got a strategy that helps. It started as a framework for sketching out a persuasive argument for students, but I quickly saw that it had a lot of non-school applications, like the closely...
How to write a good performance review

How to write a good performance review

by Margot Lester | Writing/How to Write

Updated December 2023 Many of us are in the thick of year-end reviews. So if you see a colleague staring off into space at the coffeemaker, chances are good they're wondering what to say in a performance review they've got to write. Maybe you're wondering, too. 4...
How to reduce bias in performance reviews

How to reduce bias in performance reviews

by Margot Lester | Writing/How to Write

Updated December 2023 Check this out: Y'all know I'm a word choice geek, so is it any surprise I have some thoughts on this? No. No, it is not. How word choice skews performance reviews So? The words we use in employee evaluations and performance reviews can have a...

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